New Comic Day

[newnumber6]

So, went out for new comic day. This week I got: Exiles #35 (Okay, but nothing special), New Mutants #5 (the new artist is at times better and at times worse, but the story is good), New X-Men #147 (Just bleh. I've a feeling I'm not going to like New X-men again until Morrison leaves), Supreme Power #3 (Very good. Warning: contains comic book nudity and coarse language), and Ultimate Six #2 (Not bad, if the recap page didn't spoil something later in the issue).

I also picked up the following books from the Science Fiction bookstore down the street from my comic place:
Visitors, by Clifford Simak, Venus Plus X, by Theodore Sturgeon, the Best of Fritz Leiber short story collection. All of those were cheapie used books.
Also picked up a copy (non-used) of Finder, by Emma Bull. I've heard good things about Finder, but I can't remember if it's Finder the novel, which I got, or Finder the possibly-entirely-unrelated comic series, or whether it's both. Still, I figured I'd give it a try.

On the way home, there was charity subway pizza available, but I was already jonesing for some Gyro, so I had a difficult decision to make. I like to support charity by buying tasty things, but I also didn't want to disappoint the to-be-eaten gyro. So, I compromised. I had both. Charity Subway Pizza, and gyro! (Though I skipped the onion rings I usually buy with the gyro)

Comments

[fiddlersgreen.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of Finder-The-Novel-By-Emma-Bull, but Finder-The-Almost-Certainly-Unrelated-Comic-Series is excellent.

Finder

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Actually, I'm reasonably sure I heard very good things about the comic, I'm just not entirely sure if I've also heard good things about the book of the same name but probably different plot. I've looked for TPBs of Finder in the stores, but have never found one.

Re: Finder

[fiddlersgreen.livejournal.com]

Finder's a small-press work, so can be hard to find at random, sometimes. I know you can order it directly from the website (http://www.lightspeedpress.com), and I'm pretty sure your comic store could order some for you too.

The first two trades (Sin-Eater) are one huge story, and maybe not the ideal place to start (though I love them). The others are all relatively stand-alone works, though Talisman uses some characters from Sin-Eater (though it's not really necessary to have read one to enjoy the other).